GeoSoilEnviroCARS is a
synchrotron-based research facility at the Advanced Photon Source (right),
Argonne, IL, dedicated to state-of-the-art research on earth materials and
open to the entire scientific community. The x-ray techniques being
utilized include, but are not limited to: high pressure research with the
laser-heated diamond anvil cell, high pressure research with the
multi-anvil press, x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, x-ray
fluorescence microprobe, microtomography, microcrystallography, inelastic
scattering and powder diffraction.